guitar9876 wrote:Brandon, I've got a question on water temp. If the water temp is close to boiling, doesn't that mean that there should be some visible motion in the kettle i.e. largish bubbles rising? Lately when I've been brewing pu or oolong, in between each infusion I've been turning on my electric kettle just for a few seconds or so just till I start to see small bubbles rising. Maybe I've been brewing it too hot?

Movie magic my dear friend.

I cut the boiling water in the kettle with a bit of room temp water - sometimes this kettle is quite disruptive, with the lid rattling a lot - I thought that would distract from the tea making. My water was hot, but no more than 195. Yours should be a full boil.